Supreme Court of India

State of Orissa v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2010] 5 S.C.R. 1160
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan, R.V. Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari JJ.
Decided 5 May 2010

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the original jurisdiction of this Court is not barred with reference to the proviso of Article 131 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 131 - Suit under - For a declaration that the disputed area was under administrative jurisdiction of plaintiff­ State - Plea that at the time of the creation of' the plaintiff­ State, the estate of which the disputed area was part of, was transferred to it - Held: Plaintiff-State failed to establish that it had ever exercised administrative control over the disputed area after its creation in 1936 - Defendant-State has established its and its predecessor States having administrative jurisdiction over the disputed area - Government of India (Constitution of

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